The Murder of Herodes and Other Trials from the Athenian Law Courts

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The Murder of Herodes and Other Trials from the Athenian Law CourtsThese remarkable documents of Greek social and cultural history include masterpieces of lively narrative and subtle argument prepared by such orators as Lysias, Antiphon, and Demosthenes. The fifteen cases presented represent the first recorded instances of the working of a democratic jury system under a definite code of law aimed at inexpensive and equal justice for all citizens. Issues examined include murder, assault, property damage, embezzlement,

It covers Components 23 and 24 from the 'Culture and the Arts' Component Group:

For four centuries Britain was an integral part of the Roman Empire

In The Persian Expedition

αλλά με μία προϋπόθεση: πρέπει η έρευνά του να έχει αποδείξει ότι ο στόχος του αξίζει να πεθάνει

A literary dialogue in the Greek tradition

Ξεδιπλώνει όλη την ιστορία αγάπης που κρύβεται πίσω από το πράσινο φόρεμα

This celebrated account of the decipherment of Linear B in the 1950s by Michael Ventris was written by his close collaborator in the momentous discovery

κάθε πράξη του- τον φέρνει πιο κοντά στη στιγμή της δόξας

Taking as their departure point the annual comic competitions at the Athenian dramatic festivals

a sacrilegious crime with a gruesome punishment

and a whole grammar

he later attended

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